Aberdalgie
Aberdalgie
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 Aberdalgie | |
  Aberdalgie Location withinPerth and Kinross | |
| Population | 402 |
| OS grid reference | NO079201 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PERTH |
| Postcode district | PH2 |
| Dialling code | 01738 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Aberdalgie(Gaelic:Obar Dheilgidh,'Confluence of the Thorn-Stream') is a small village in theScottishcouncil area ofPerth and Kinross.It is 3 miles (5 kilometres) southwest ofPerth,and lies between the B9112 road, to the north, and theRiver Earn,to the south. Milltown Burn and Cotton Burn streams meet in the village centre,[1]The village contains Aberdalgie Parish Church, the present building of which dates to 1773. The historicDupplin Castleis1+1⁄2miles (2.5 kilometres) east of the village.
Theparishof Aberdalgie takes its name from the village, which had a population of 402 at the2011 Census.[2]
Notable landmarks
[edit]Parish church
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The current Parish Church of Aberdalgie is dated 1773, but an earlier building is believed to have originally dated to the pre-Reformationperiod.[3] In 1618 it became the parish church of both Aberdalgie andDupplin,when the parishes united.[3]It was designated a Category B-listed buildingin 1971.[4]
The T-plan church features two large centre round-arched windows and doors with circular windows on either side. In 1929 the church interior was given a major renovation by Sir R.S. Lorimer.[4]Aberdalgie churchyard contains the family vault where numerous medieval Chiefs ofClan Oliphantincluding the first three Lords Oliphant are buried.[5]Prominent among them isSir William Oliphant,the resolute Governor ofStirling Castlewhen it was defended againstEdward Iof England in 1304, during theWars of Scottish Independence.[3]Sir William's son Walter married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert I and sister of David II. Other people buried here include the1st,2nd and3rdBaron Forteviot and author Norma Octavia Lorimer (1863-1948).
Dupplin Castle
[edit]Dupplin Castlelies within the parish. The earliest known owner of the castle was Sir William Oliphant in the late 13th century. Dupplin was sold after some four hundred years by the 5th Lord Oliphant (who, per the diploma registered under the Great Seal, 10 March 1640, was also Lord Aberdalgie and Lord Dupplin) in 1623. The castle was destroyed in 1461 and rebuilt.[6]It was again rebuilt in 1688, though retained its earlier tower and some remnants from the previous castle. A fire gutted the castle in 1827, prompting a full rebuilding and restoration.[6]The current building is a house, completed in 1970.[7]
Timber from Aberdalgie was harvested byRegent Arranand employed in 1547 during the war of theRough Wooingfor the stocks of guns and cannon used at thebattle of Pinkie.[8]
Notable people
[edit]- Christian Gray(1772 – circa 1830), poet
References
[edit]- ^"Aberdalgie"(Map).Google Maps.Retrieved11 January2020.
- ^Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usual Resident Population, published by National Records of Scotland. Websitehttp://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/retrieved Apr 2018. See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930, Area: Aberdalgie
- ^abc"Aberdalgie, Old Parish Church".Canmore.org.uk.Retrieved12 September2016.
- ^ab"Aberdalgie and Dupplin Parish Church, Aberdalgie".British Listed Buildings.Retrieved12 September2016.
- ^"Other Seats and Monuments".Clan Oliphant. Archived fromthe originalon 11 September 2016.Retrieved12 September2016.
- ^ab"Dupplin Castle".Canmore.org.Retrieved12 September2016.
- ^"Dupplin Castle".Dundee City Council. Archived fromthe originalon 10 October 2016.Retrieved12 September2016.
- ^James Balfour Paul,Accounts of the Treasurer,vol. 9 (Edinburgh, 1911), p. 104.
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